Ascenda two piece catheter at Atrium Health Union

600 Hospital Dr, Monroe, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1396790325

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$5,250.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$10,500.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,274.00 with Partners vs $9,310.00 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Partners Managed Medicaid $1,274.00 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,283.80 ↓ -76%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,296.54 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,308.30 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,308.30 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,308.30 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,313.20 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,321.04 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,347.50 ↓ -74%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,516.06 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,567.02 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,102.10 ↓ -60%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,597.00 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,766.54 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,921.38 ↓ -44%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,557.40 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,890.60 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,939.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,988.60 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial NB $4,243.40 ↓ -19%
Employers Health Network Commercial $4,331.60 ↓ -17%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,449.20 ↓ -15%
Aetna Broad Network $4,488.40 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,645.20 ↓ -12%
MedCost Ultra $5,292.00 ↑ +1%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,880.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,978.00 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $6,370.00 ↑ +21%
GMMI Commercial $6,370.00 ↑ +21%
MedCost PPO $6,370.00 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial SAR $6,615.00 ↑ +26%
Healthgram Commercial $7,840.00 ↑ +49%
ChoiceCare Commercial $8,330.00 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial $8,330.00 ↑ +59%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $8,820.00 ↑ +68%
Provider Select Commercial $8,820.00 ↑ +68%
Beechstreet Commercial $8,820.00 ↑ +68%
Multiplan Commercial $9,310.00 ↑ +77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Ortho Carolina Commercial not published by hospital —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Ascenda two piece catheter at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $5,250.00 $1,466.08 – $9,310.00
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $5,250.00 $1,862.00 – $9,800.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $5,250.00 $1,202.46 – $9,310.00
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $5,250.00 $1,372.00 – $9,310.00
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $5,250.00 $1,105.44 – $9,310.00
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $5,250.00 $1,761.06 – $9,016.00
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $5,250.00 $980.00 – $9,016.00
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $5,250.00 $1,176.00 – $9,408.00

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